State aid
Decisive advice for the hardest cases.
We have extensive experience advising both governments and companies on state aid matters across a range of industry sectors.
We represent clients on investigations before the European Commission and the European and national courts, and advise clients on potential state aid aspects of proposed investments or divestments.
In the wake of the recent financial crisis, European state aid rules have adapted quickly to deal with the many financial rescues by national governments. We continue to play a leading role in advising financial institutions, central banks and governments on these complex developments, most notably on key mandates that have set new legal precedents in the UK and Germany.
Our direct involvement in the cases, and the experience gained over many years, allows us to provide clients with informed and decisive advice even in the most novel and challenging of cases.
Regulatory
- Administrative and public law
- Anti-bribery and corruption
- Anti-money laundering
- Constitutional complaints and procedures
- Data protection and privacy
- Defence and export controls
- Environmental, construction and planning law
- Financial services regulation
- Foreign investment regulation
- Human rights
- Low-carbon economy
- Privatisation
- Product regulation
- Public private partnerships (PPP)
- Public procurement
- Regulatory and public affairs
- Sanctions
- State aid
- Trade
Our team

Dr. Stephan Denk Partner
Vienna

Pascal Cuche Public Law
Paris

Kaori Yamada Partner
Tokyo

Norbert Nolte Partner
Düsseldorf

Dr. Juliane Hilf Partner
Düsseldorf

Rutger Kleemans Partner
Amsterdam

Winfred Knibbeler Partner
Amsterdam

Tony Foster Partner
Hanoi

Fares Al-Hejailan Partner
Riyadh

Sami Tannous Partner
Dubai

Kate Gough Partner
London

Tom Hutchison Counsel
London

Sascha Arnold Counsel
Hamburg, Berlin

Dr. Lukas Pomaroli Counsel
Vienna

Tanguy Bardet Public Law
Paris

Ignacio Borrego Of Counsel
Madrid

Ana Calvo Senior Associate
Madrid